It can take us "up" to heaven (tien in Chinese, I believe), or down to the lower realms which the Gnostics wrongly thought of as "Hell".

If one can master 'the gateway' it can lead us UPWARD to many levels of paradise (a Persian word, if I remember correctly).

It all depends on HOW one handles DESIRE.

Clearly, we all came here embodied in human flesh.

Gift, that it is. If misused, it can certainly lead us into negative experience(s).

But if used correctly, it can lead us into many levels of paradise.

The choice of course, is entirely OURS.

The Gnostic's needed to learn Tantra.

It would've cured their obsession of thinking that the human body is EVIL.

Peace, Differently Abled Daoist

--Previous Message-- : Mystery upon Mystery : : Only when the desires of the Flesh Body, the : denominator, that which is below are laid to : rest, shall the true passion of that which : is above, the numerator, be realized, shall : Man be complete, be fully dress. : : Until the desires of the flesh are : temporarily placed in the grave, that which : is below, the Flesh will be ruled by that : which is above, the whole, the One, being : Irrational, shall be governed by : Rationalizations of that which is above, by : the Knowledge of Good and Evil. : : Manís Ideal existence is such that that : which is above is to be equal to that which : is below and that which is below is to be : equal to that that is above. : : The Proper functionality for the duality of : Man is for that which is above to be equal : to that that is below and for that which is : below to be equal to that that is above. : : If this is not done the realization of Man : will take tens of thousands of years; Man : will not be allowed to enter the gateway : that leads to the manifold secrets of the : Universe. : : Mystery upon Mystery. : :